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Until the end of his life, Carl Sagan (1934-1996) continued doing what he did all along – popularizing science and “enthusiastically conveying the wonders of the universe to millions of people on television and in books.” Whenever Sagan appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson during the 70s and 80s, his goal was to connect with everyday Americans – people who didn’t subscribe to Scientific American – and increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of science.
At the end of his life, Sagan still cared deeply about where science stood in the public imagination. But while losing a battle against cancer, Sagan also sensed that scientific thinking was losing ground in America, and even more dangerously within the chambers of the Congress.
During his final interview, aired on May 27, 1996, Sagan issued a strong warning, telling the journalist Charlie Rose:
We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces. I mean, who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it.
20 years later, figures like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye are out there, trying to popularize science with new forms of media. But the same structural problem, so well articulated by Sagan, remains largely in place. And yet there’s reason to hope. Because even as establishment politicians still play the same games with science, there are early signs that, as with other important issues, public opinion is changing under their feet.
Adaptado de OPEN CULTURE (website) Carl Sagan Issues a Chilling Warning to America in His Last Interview (1996) In Current Affairs | October 4th, 2022 1 Comment. Disponível em: https://www.openculture.com/2022/10/carl-sagan-issues-a-chilling-warning-to-americain-his-last-interview-1996.html. Acesso em: 10 set. 2023.)
Sobre a opinião do autor em relação ao trecho da entrevista de Carl Sagan, considere as afirmativas a seguir.
I. As dificuldades mencionadas por Sagan continuam inalteradas apesar da atuação de alguns cientistas.
II. O autor observa que há alterações na forma como o público percebe a importância da divulgação do conhecimento científico.
III. O autor defende que a desarticulação entre ciência e política deva permanecer inalterada dadas as suas diferenças estruturais.
IV. Para o autor, propostas de divulgação cientifica de Neil deGrasse Tyson e Bill Nye são inovadoras e mais eficazes, pois incluem novas mídias.
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